Toni, 'Australian Monarchy'?
I'll tell you what, because Prince Charles already has a connection to Australia, (he schooled here) but he will become King Charles upon his mothers demise, so he will have to reside in England as is customary, but, we can aspire to having Prince William as our 'Australian Monarch' in residence.
This idea fits well because he is the next heir to the throne after his father, so this would be like an apprenticeship for him, and we would have a 'Monarch' as our own rightful head of state.
Thank God it will never be an Aussie.
Wouldn't that be ironic, everyone flapping on about not being a colony under the protections of 'mother England'.
It is exactly the same as the prisoners demanding the warden leave so the prisoners can run themselves, which also involved giving them the keys to the safe and the main gate.
You ask what the benefits would be by remaining a Monarchy?
I respond by asking what the benefits are by becoming a republic?
I can say, with proof of other countries as examples, that by becoming a Republic, we will be MORE vulnerable to the antics of dishonest and corrupt officials, many times worse than under the tutelage of a higher and independent authority, like the Royal family.
As a Republic, WE the people WILL be WORSE OFF!

"aspire to having Prince William as our 'Australian Monarch' in residence. This idea fits well ".
Harold gave his house to William then to some other relo which made William crook , the Bastard, and he sailed in his first fleet with cut throats , marines and gardening tools which none of them knew how to use. Anyway , to cut a yarn short, he speared the natives ,stopped their dances and became a sheep cocky.

To coincide with Harry's victory in an act of extraordinary generosity the Crown has released a $1 colonial dollar dated 2019, giving 11 weeks time saving. Coins will be dispensed by HM council mayors , one at a time , to orphans , waifs , strays, peasants and villeins. Republicans and Irish need not apply, plus GST ( Greenwich Saving Time).

Anyone got any ww2 DVDs? find myself a refugee from free TV in an effort not to see Harry and his bride.
16 days! gawd!
add that to my list ise mise no more Royal visits.
NNN not sure but you seem to be enjoying yourself what ever you said

From a French cradle to the English crown
In 1028, an unmarried French woman bore a son to the Duke of Normandy. People taunted the boy with the nickname ‘William the Bastard’. Yet he not only became a formidable Norman ruler: he became one of England's most brutal and influential kings.

From the Battle of Hastings to the Domesday Book, William was responsible for truly extraordinary events in England's history. Find out how a brutal childhood, some lucky breaks and a festering angry grudge shaped the man who changed Britain forever. Fighting prince Harry the Redhead for control of the Corgis , a helicopter squadron hunting Russian aircraft carriers in Port of Philip Bay, William the Bald and Tall fights the bastards who call him a bastard in 2019.

2019 date on Australian one dollar coin sparks time travel debatehttps://au.news.yahoo.com/bizarre-detail-discovered-back-1-coin-205709071.html
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SBS poll today Monday new poll shows 52.4 percent of Australians want a republic.
Maybe my thoughts are not minority ones
See poll SBS online site or read in goggle news